Earthquake Early Warning Workshop – Wednesday, February 27, 2013 University of Washington Tower, 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105 22nd Floor – Regents Board Room Morning 9:00 – 10:00 – Light Breakfast and Coffee 10:00 – 10:10 – Welcome Lisa Graumlich, Dean of the College of the Environment Cynthia Atherton, Program Director, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation 10:10 – 12:00 – Review of Current Earthquake Early Warning Work (presentation and discussions) Earthquake early warning technologies and experience (global overview) Richard Allen, Director of the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Professor, Dept. Earth & Planetary Science, UC, Berkeley US (California so far) effort and structure Doug Given, Project Chief, Southern California Earthquake Monitoring, USGS Break Pacific Northwest tectonic background John Vidale, Director of the Pacific NW Seismic Network, Professor, School of Earth & Space Science, UW PNW status and plan Paul Bodin, Research Associate Professor, School of Earth & Space Science, UW Lunch 12:00 – 1:00 – Catered lunch and discussion in the Magnolia Room of the Tower Afternoon 1:00 – 2:00 – Discussion Groups (covering the following topics) 1. Which groups are ready for warnings? (a) Emergency managers, (b) companies, (c) the public, (d) news outlets 2. Actual product, levels of certainty and forewarning that are useful? Product - magnitude, location, shaking intensity expected, time until shaking Uncertainty - (a) whether event happened, (b) intensity accuracy, (c) likelihood of event to entire coast. 3. What are the means of warning distribution? (a) texts, (b) web page, (c) direct pushed signals, (d) TV, (e) loudspeakers, (f) cell phones, (g) PAWS 4. What groundwork is necessary to improve penetration of alerts? (a) Public education, (b) better warning standardization, (c) USGS workshops 5. Are there implementation issues between the PNW, California, and Canada? 6. Are there implementation issues with giving warnings just to limited groups in the beginning? 7. How can we define and document EEW benefits for sensible long-term planning? Overarching question - Is the current plan to develop EEW and prototype it the right plan? 2:00 – 3:15 – Reports from the break-out groups and discussion – led by John Vidale 3:15 – 3:30 – Break 3:30 – 4:00 – Discussion of path forward – led by John Vidale Workshop Reception 4:00 – 5:00 – Beer, wine and appetizers Parking and Directions Free parking is available in “W46” lot, in Garage A, using our digital pay stations. The lot is located right off of 43rd street between 12th and 11th street. If you have any problems on that morning please call Lauren Honaker at 206-696-3087. Please use the code“100199” for entrance. • • • • • • • Park in a numbered visitor parking stall in the A Garage Take note of the parking stall number Go to the meter machine (1st or 3rd floors) Enter Stall number Choose Option – Pre-Arranged Parking Enter “100199” Take Receipt Map to parking: http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/parking/lotmap Map to UW Tower: http://uw.edu/maps/?uwtt Wi-Fi Access: UW NetID: Password: event0160 3L3w;2N8f;8U4o